Forrst was a community for designers and developers to share work in progress and give and receive detailed feedback, founded in 2009 by Kyle Bragger with seed funding from 500 Startups (500 Global) and other angels. It was acquired by Colourlovers in 2012, then by product-design firm ZURB in January 2013, and was shut down on April 14, 2014. The company is defunct; forrst.com now redirects to zurb.com and there is no active API, developer portal, or public API surface to enrich. This profile is retained as a historical 500 Global portfolio lead.
Forrst is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Community, Design, Developers, and Feedback.
aid: forrst
deliveryModel:
model: unknown
open_source: false
commercial: false
callable_host: false
label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
confidence: low
source:
- none
generated: '2026-08-28'
method: derived
accessModel:
pricing: unknown
onboarding: unknown
trial: false
try_now: false
public: false
label: Unknown
confidence: low
source:
- url: https://forrst.com
status: 301
note: declared website redirects to https://zurb.com/?ref=forrst — a different registrable domain (forrst.com -> zurb.com),
possible rename or acquisition (probed 2026-09-03, roadmap#169)
generated: '2026-07-22'
method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/forrst.png
name: Forrst
description: Forrst was a community for designers and developers to share work in progress and give and receive detailed feedback,
founded in 2009 by Kyle Bragger with seed funding from 500 Startups (500 Global) and other angels. It was acquired by Colourlovers
in 2012, then by product-design firm ZURB in January 2013, and was shut down on April 14, 2014. The company is defunct;
forrst.com now redirects to zurb.com and there is no active API, developer portal, or public API surface to enrich. This
profile is retained as a historical 500 Global portfolio lead.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/forrst/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- 500-global
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-status: defunct
x-acquired-by: zurb
x-shutdown-date: '2014-04-14'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- Community
- Design
- Developers
- Feedback
- Defunct
- Acquired
tags_raw:
- Company
- Community
- Design
- Developer
- Feedback
- Defunct
- Acquired
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: ParentCompany
url: https://apis.io/providers/colourlovers/
name: Colourlovers
x-relationship: acquired
x-evidence: It was acquired by Colourlovers in 2012, then by product-design firm ZURB in January 2013, and was shut down
on April 14, 2014.
- type: DomainSecurity
url: security/forrst-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
url: https://forrst.com
x-enrichment:
date: '2026-07-19'
status: backfilled
pass: local-v1
note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence
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